11:00 – 11:30 – Welcome & Kickoff

Welcome and introduction from the SAS Global Academic Programs team and Senior Vice President, Global Customer Success, Sean O’Brien.

11:30 – 12:00 – Keynote

Marinela Profi, Global Market Strategy Lead for AI, Agentic AI and Generative AI at SAS.

12:00 – 13:00 – SAS in Action: Fund for Peace Crisis Sensitivity Simulator

For over 60 years, The Fund for Peace (FFP) has been a world leader in helping governments and organizations understand and respond to fragility and instability. Nate Haken, FFP’s Vice President for Research and Innovation, will share how SAS powers the Crisis Sensitivity Simulator, a tool that helps policymakers model crisis scenarios, assess country resilience, and identify where targeted interventions can make the greatest difference. Attendees will see the SAS Viya platform at work in a high-stakes, real-world context, and take away practical ideas for bringing similar applications to the classroom.

13:30 – 14:00 – SAS Academic Programs 101: Resources & What’s New

Learn about what’s new in SAS Global Academic Programs.

14:00 – 14:30 – Beyond the Classroom: Applied Learning with SAS

Institutions like yours are leveraging SAS Academic Programs resources to create meaningful student experiences. From global events like SAS Hackathon and SAS Curiosity Cup to credentials like SAS Certification, discover the applied learning opportunities available to your students.

11:00 – 12:30 –Workshop: SAS as a Platform

Join Lincoln Groves, Senior Manager of Analytical Education, for a hands-on session highlighting new features in SAS Viya for Learners. Try out new AI-assisted capabilities like Viya Copilot, learn more about LLM-powered code generation, and explore the possibilities unlocked with synthetic data generation.

12:30 – 13:00 – Break

13:00 – 14:00 – Industry Fireside Chat

This industry-aligned fireside chat with Diana Rothfuss, Global Product Marketing Director, Financial Services at SAS, will focus on data governance and its impacts on AI and decisioning.

11:00 – 12:00 – Workshop: SAS Intelligent Decisioning & Agentic AI

Tools like SAS Intelligent Decisioning enable and simplify the development and governance of automated decision making. Hear from Lincoln Groves about how it works and how you can implement it in the classroom.

12:00 – 12:30 – Break

12:30 – 13:00 – New Features in SAS Model Studio: Credit Risk

Highlighting a new feature in SAS Model Studio: Risk Modeling.

13:00 – 13:30 – The Future of AI & Analytics: Quantum Computing at SAS

Bill Wisotsky, Principal Quantum Systems Architect at SAS will introduce Quantum AI and explore applications across industries; including a sneak peak of SAS' new Quantum AI course (coming soon to the Educator Portal).

13:30 – Wrap-up & Takeaways